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Everett Wind Energy Team

2020-2021

EWET

 

Washington State University (WSU) and Everett Community College (EvCC) students from different backgrounds and learning disciplines have banded together to form the Everett Wind Energy Team (EWET). Every WSU and EvCC student is welcome, whether their future lies within the civil engineering field, other avenues of engineering, or something totally different like business or communications. This cohesion is what makes EWET great.

2020-2021 Collegiate Wind Competition

 

This year EWET is participating in the United States Department of Energy’s Collegiate Wind Competition (CWC). This competition is a great opportunity for any major to participate as it includes sections for turbine design, project development, and community outreach.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s description of the CWC;

The competition challenges multidisciplinary teams of undergraduate students to develop a project plan based on wind energy market and siting considerations, design and build a model wind turbine, and test their turbine in a wind tunnel against a set of rigorous performance criteria. Participating teams will combine the expertise of students from a variety of programs, such as engineering, business, communications, and social science, to develop state-of-the-art wind energy solutions. Participants will integrate academic coursework with tangible, hands-on learning, and earn valuable real-world experience as they prepare to enter the workforce.

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Progression of the Turbine

 

 

How You Can Help

Turbine Design

  • Electrical: Generator selection, power delivery, energy storage, control system, sensors and instrumentation, test equipment
  • Mechanical: Aero dynamics, structural analysis, gearing, design and analyze turbine for testing contest, manufacture turbine, assemble and test subsystems separately
  • Software: Electrical embedded design, blade pitch, maintaining optimal power generation, system controls

Project Development

  • Learn/apply GIS software
  • Wake analysis
  • Create a financial analysis report
  • Develop a plan for marketing our designs to renewable energy industry
  • Create a site plan and cost of energy analysis for a 100-megawatt wind farm
  • Assist with presentations on wind energy and community engagement

Connection Creation

  • Create strategic outreach materials
  • Community engagement
  • Video editing, social media posts, website content, written and visual communications
  • Develop educational presentations on wind energy

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